I doubt it. If they did manage to pull that off, I would lose total respect for the anime studio. Going against Kishimoto's wishes? Now that's just plain wrong.

QUOTE (merryGOflava @ Feb 18 2012, 11:58 PM)

naw they are already putting lots of narusaku hints in the anime for the heck of it there will be no such thing >:3

Haha, yeah... I just thought that when NaruSaku will become canon in manga (most likely in the end of the series), SasuSaku ans NaruHina will go berserk, maybe even stop reading manga/watching anime. Pierrot just might make that alternative ending to earn some money. But who cares, really.

*shrugs* They are expressing them selves, so trying to calm them down without saying calm down would be more effective

Ah, you got a point there.

Well, speaking a bit about manga vs anime: I have to admit that some series take a whole different story in the anime (like Love Hina, which is one of my favorites), but except for the fillers, I've seen that Naruto has stayed close to the manga (sure, we have these details which makes us frown every now and then, but they've stayed pretty close to it)

But in order to not go very far from the topic at hand... I agree with merryGoflava on this one. Even if they are NH fans in the studio, we've seen that they've had to do pro-NS episodes and fillers. I'm not sure if they would go as far as to change the ending completely (I would also be disappointed if they do this), but the evidence suggests that they've had to make the anime flow with NaruSaku.

BTW, someone who never ceases to amuse me is Guy. Funny, but when it's time to get serious... KAI!!!!

Well, speaking a bit about manga vs anime: I have to admit that some series take a whole different story in the anime (like Love Hina, which is one of my favorites), but except for the fillers, I've seen that Naruto has stayed close to the manga (sure, we have these details which makes us frown every now and then, but they've stayed pretty close to it)

But in order to not go very far from the topic at hand... I agree with merryGoflava on this one. Even if they are NH fans in the studio, we've seen that they've had to do pro-NS episodes and fillers. I'm not sure if they would go as far as to change the ending completely (I would also be disappointed if they do this), but the evidence suggests that they've had to make the anime flow with NaruSaku.

BTW, someone who never ceases to amuse me is Guy. Funny, but when it's time to get serious... KAI!!!!

LOTS of anime would be better of without deviating from their manga origins my friend. FMA is one if the only, if not THE only anime that did an exceptionally excellent job with deviating from the manga. that being said there's nothing to worry with about this scene. Unless they completely ignore the manga and make up their own story lines they can't canonize NH any more than this anyway.

I liked it. The Kisame vs. Gai fight was one of the most epic moments in the manga and I look forward to seeing how it will be handled in the anime. By that I mean if they don't screw up the animation.

As for the "mental image" thing, I wasn't really that surprised that they had had added a blush to Hinata's expression. Not that I "knew" they were gonna do it. It just didn't surprise me. Im not sure what to say about Sakura's expression other than, like someone else already mentioned, it looked a lot more agressive than it did in the manga.

Still, it doesn't change anything. If NS becomes canon in the manga, I highly doubt that Pierrot will change it to an NH/SS ending in the anime. They've been following the storyline pretty closely so far. Sure, they may have thrown in some pairing fanservice here and there, but overall they haven't really tampered with the storyline in such a way that it will justify them going in a completely new direciton.